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Greenspan, to Err is Human: The Downside of Greenspan's Chairmanship
by Ethan S. HarrisAlan Greenspan surely deserves credit for the strong performance of the economy during his Fed chairmanship, but he also had some notable mistakes, including thrusting himself unnecessarily into political matters and failing to respond to bubbles in asset markets.
Greenspan: The Case for the Defence
by Edward L. Greenspan George JonasCriminal lawyer Eddie Greenspan is one of Canada's most publicized and least understood personalities. Colourful, controversial, influential, outrageous, he is both loved and hated. An account of a 20 year period in his life.
Greentailing and Other Revolutions in Retail: Hot Ideas That Are Grabbing Customers' Attention and Raising Profits
by Willard N. Ander Neil Z. SternAn introduction to greentailing and the five other biggest trends in the retail business In their newest book on retailing, authors Stern and Ander examine the revolutions occurring in the retail marketplace, with particular emphasis on the influential green trend in retailing, or Greentailing. Greentailing is capitalizing on the huge and growing demand for organic, sustainable and wellness-related products. As it evolves, greentailing will force both suppliers and retailers alike in every category to take notice. Leading edge greentailers like Whole Foods and Wal*Mart continue to grow and innovate at rates much faster than traditional competitors, and are forcing competitive responses. The authors explain how any retail store or manufacturer can implement these ideas and raise profits, using case studies from successful greentailers. In addition to greentailing, the book examines five other top retail trends: Demographic Shifts Provide Retail Opportunities Moving Up the Ladder--Growth of Experiential Retailing--How to Drive Sales and Profits Beyond Price Getting Outside the Box--New Ways to Reach the Consumer--The Growth of Non-Store Retailing Selling Services, Not Just products Brands Going Retail--The Battle for Control of the Customer Very much a follow up to their first book, Winning at Retail: Developing a Sustained Model for Retail Success, Greentailing and Other Revolutions in Retail addresses all the latest trends in the retail industry and presents unbeatable advice on quickly responding to changes in customer demographics and competition. Retail is all about the customer, and as customers and their tastes change, this one-of-a-kind resource shows retailers and manufacturers how to keep up and innovate.
Greenwashing: Wirkungsvolle Ansätze zur Identifikation und Vermeidung (essentials)
by Stefan Nertinger Michael Hans Kraft Ronald Ivancic"Tue Gutes und sprich darüber" – aber wie funktioniert das glaubwürdig? Das essential beleuchtet verschiedene Facetten des Greenwashings, bei denen Aktivitäten irreführend ein höheres Maß an Engagement suggerieren, als tatsächlich vorhanden ist. Ausgehend von der Analyse der Dilemmata der Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation werden Instrumente und Ansätze aufgezeigt, wie diese praxistauglich überwunden werden können. Für Organisationen wird ein Selbstevaluationstool aufgezeigt, auf Basis dessen die richtigen Hebel zur Vermeidung und Schadensprävention von Greenwashing angewandt werden können.
Greenwich Village 1913: Suffrage, Labor, And The New Woman
by Mary Jane TreacyIn this Reacting to the Past game, the classroom is transformed into Greenwich Village in 1913, where rebellious “free spirits” gather. Exposed to ideas like woman suffrage, socialism, birth control, and anarchism, students experiment with forms of political participation and bohemian self-discovery. Reacting to the Past is an award-winning series of immersive role-playing games that actively engage students in their own learning. Students assume the roles of historical characters and practice critical thinking, primary source analysis, and argument, both written and spoken.
Greg Mazur and the Purchase of Great Eastern Premium Pet Foods
by Richard S. Ruback Royce YudkoffGreg Mazur decided to purchase a small business after graduating from the Harvard Business School. The case explores his decision about whether or not he should finalize his deal to purchase Great Eastern Premium Pet Foods, Inc. ("GEPP"). It gives students the opportunity to consider his search process, his due diligence about the company, his post-purchase plans, his valuation analysis and the structure of the potential transaction.
Gregg College Keyboarding & Document Processing Lessons 1-60 11th Edition
by Scot Ober Arlene Zimmerly Jack JohnsonGDP/11 is an integrated keyboarding system designed to process and score documents created in Microsoft Word. Together, this book and software systematically lead students through each lesson to provide an easy path to success.
Gregg Quick Filing Practice: Student Text Guide
by Jeffrey Robert Stewart Barbara W. TrentThis kit provides training in the methods of paper and computer filing. The text is simulation―the user is a new employee of the fictional Online Printing Services and must complete are series of tasks and exercises with the mock filing kit. Fifth Edition
Grenada: Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility--Staff Report; and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion
by International Monetary FundA report from the International Monetary Fund.
Grenada: Statistical Appendix
by International Monetary FundA report from the International Monetary Fund.
Grenzen der klassischen Zinsbuchsteuerung im Licht der Niedrig-und Negativzinsphase: Das Japan- und Europaszenario (Business, Economics, and Law)
by Marcus MurschDie Zinsbuchsteuerung mittelständischer Kreditinstitute stößt in Zeiten sehr niedriger bzw. negativer Zinssätze an Grenzen. Ein nachhaltiger Zinsanstieg ist aktuell nicht zu erwarten und auch die Prognosen vieler Experten gehen von einem nachhaltig niedrigen Zinsniveau aus. Es wird bereits von japanischen Verhältnissen mit einem Zinssatz nahe Null über Jahrzehnte gesprochen. In diesem Kontext erfolgt eine Analyse, in welchem Umfang dieses Szenario Auswirkungen auf das Betriebsergebnis vor Bewertung eines mittelständischen Kreditinstituts hat. Über das Basisszenario Japan erfolgt auf Grundlage von Echtdaten ein Forecast bis in das Jahr 2031. Mit dem Extremszenario Europa werden die entsprechenden Daten zudem gestresst. Hierbei werden methodische Schwächen der klassischen Zinsbuchsteuerung offengelegt und darüber hinaus Lösungsansätze und Denkanstöße geliefert. Durch diese Zukunftsanalysen kommt der Autor zu dem Ergebnis, dass ein Handeln zwingend notwendig ist.
Grenzgänge im Management
by Werner BoysenWelche Parallelen lassen sich zwischen dem Triathlon und dem Managen von Unternehmen ziehen? Welche Erkenntnisse für gutes Management können aus der Stauforschung gewonnen werden? Was haben psychosomatische Störungen und managementbedingte Fehlentwicklungen in Unternehmen gemeinsam? Diese und 17 weitere spannende Analogien greift Werner Boysen in seinem Buch auf, um Impulse für ganzheitlich angelegtes, nachhaltiges Management zu geben. Der Blick über den eigenen Tellerrand hinaus sowie übergreifendes Denken und Handeln werden in einer dynamischen und komplexen Wirtschaftswelt zum wesentlichen Erfolgsfaktor. Neben den betriebswirtschaftlichen Grundlagen und dem sicheren Umgang mit etablierten Methoden der Unternehmensführung zählen Erfahrung und innovative Ideen zum Handwerkszeug eines guten Managers. Dieses Buch bietet interessante Impulse sowie Quellen für neue Ideen im Management und stellt bewährte Kreativtechniken bereit, die das Denken in Analogien anregen.
Grenzüberschreitender Tourismus in Schutzgebieten: Potenziale, Fallstricke und Perspektiven
by Marius Mayer Wojciech Zbaraszewski Dariusz Pieńkowski Gabriel Gach Johanna GernertDieses Buch erörtert, wie der Tourismus zwischen Nachbarländern wie Polen und Deutschland trotz des Schengener Abkommens behindert wird. Am Beispiel von Schutzgebieten im Nordosten Deutschlands und im Nordwesten Polens wird das Phänomen der sozioökonomischen und kulturellen Barrieren für den grenzüberschreitenden Tourismus analysiert. Darüber hinaus werden die Ergebnisse einer repräsentativen Online-Befragung in beiden Ländern vorgestellt und sozioökonomische und geographische Forschungen zu Grenzgebieten, Naturtourismus in Schutzgebieten, nationalen Stereotypen und Vorurteilen diskutiert. Als eine der wenigen Marktstudien zum Schutzgebietstourismus ist sie für Wissenschaftler und Praktiker (Schutzgebietsmanager, Tourismusfachleute) gleichermaßen relevant und bietet ihnen Einblicke in die Auswirkungen auf die künftige Forschung und Tourismuspraxis.
Grenzüberschreitungen im Kompetenzmanagement: Trends und Entwicklungsperspektiven (Kompetenzmanagement in Organisationen)
by Inga Truschkat Ralf Knackstedt Kristin Kutzner Miriam SitterDas Fachbuch zeigt Innovationspotenziale im Kompetenzmanagement auf. Diese Potenziale unterstützen Organisationen beispielsweise bei der Gewinnung und Bindung von Fachkräften, bei der Realisierung komplexer Leistungsangebote und bei der Erhöhung von Effizienz und Effektivität betrieblicher Abläufe. Sie erhalten konkrete Hinweise und anregende Perspektiven zur Innovation des Kompetenzmanagements und Ihnen werden Chancen und Risiken von Grenzüberschreitungen aufgezeigt. Als Leitmotiv dient dabei die Zusammenführung von bisher traditionell unzureichend verbundenen und oft isoliert betrachteten Aspekten des Kompetenzmanagements.
Gresley's Master Engineer, Bert Spencer: A Career in Railway Engineering and Design
by Tim Hillier-GravesThe great and the good rarely, if ever, accomplish all they wish to achieve without the able assistance of many skilled men and women. To have a very capable person beside you acting as guide, confidant and adviser is essential. Even better when it is someone with a depth of knowledge equal to, or even better than your own. If all these skills can be combined in one trusted, assistant so much the better. To a leader such a person may be valued ‘beyond rubies’, because they have the ability to take ideas, add something and help make them a reality. For Herbert Nigel Gresley, CME of the LNER, Bert Spencer was just such a man. As Gresley triumphed his faithful, introverted and highly talented assistant remained resolutely in the background playing an unsung yet key role in the development of Gresley’s outstanding Pacifics and his many other memorable locomotives. For sixteen vibrant years Spencer sat beside his greatly admired leader witnessing and participating in all that happened adding much to an emerging legend that still resounds with us today. Here, for the first time, is Spencer’s fascinating story, much of it in his own words. This was made possible by the thoughts and memories he recorded in letters to friends, papers he wrote for the Institution of Locomotive Engineers, official documents and much more. All this has been edited together to produce a unique and important personal narrative of his life and work.
Grey Behaviors after Logical Fallacies in Public and Professional Communication
by George C. Thornton III Homayoon KordThis practical guide enables readers to recognize, assess, and defend against gray behaviors—attempts to persuade listeners using fallacious arguments. It provides valuable tools for communicating successfully in a wide variety of public and professional contexts. The book examines 20 wide-ranging logical fallacies, cognitive errors, and rhetorical devices that may take place in persuasive communication, and discusses how to assess and respond the behavior of a speaker who may be disingenuously attempting to manipulate the listener—or who may simply be mistaken. Drawing upon research and insights from communication, psychology, business management, and human resources, it considers fallacies in reasoning not just as abstract formulas, but as a feature of communication encounters such as negotiations, interviews, public debates, and personal conversations. Each form of fallacious reasoning is exemplified by dialogues in both professional settings (such as interviewing and personnel assessment), as well as everyday interactions in public discourse. The book then provides self-assessment tests to ensure the reader can evaluate the grey behavior in these encounters. This book provides research-based skills and insights that will benefit students and professionals in fields ranging from communication, politics, management, human resources, organizational psychology, journalism, and anyone else looking to develop critical interaction skills.
Grey Forecasting: Mechanism, Models and Applications (Series on Grey System)
by Naiming Xie Baolei WeiThis book aims to present an overview of grey system models for time series modelling and forecasting. It is about modelling and forecasting time series with ordinary differential equations, especially when the available samples are extremely limited. Grey system models (GSM) develop sequence operators to nonparametrically identify the underlying dynamics from the limited observations. This book concerns about two important modelling themes, small sample and poor information. The former focuses on the mechanism and methodology of GSMs for small-sample real-number time series, and the latter on the uncertainty quantification of grey number together with its small-sample modelling principles. In this book, a broad entry point to applied data science for students majoring in economic, management science, and engineering is applied, covering a wide range of topics from basic introductory material up to research-level techniques.
Grey Game Theory and Its Applications in Economic Decision-Making (Systems Evaluation, Prediction, and Decision-Making)
by Yi Lin Sifeng Liu Zhigeng Fang Hongxing ShiTo make the best decisions, you need the best information. However, because most issues in game theory are grey, nearly all recent research has been carried out using a simplified method that considers grey systems as white ones. This often results in a forecasting function that is far from satisfactory when applied to many real situations. Grey Ga
Grey Prediction Methods and Their Applications (Series on Grey System)
by Bo Zeng Zhuanzhuan ShiThis book introduces the grey prediction model methodology and its applications as a professional book. It involves the key concepts, data characteristics of modelling objects and the latest research achievements in grey system. The grey prediction models for homogeneous and non-homogeneous exponential sequences, saturated S-shaped sequences and special sequences have been introduced. This book combines the classical models and the latest models, case studies and model applications, modelling methods, and MATLAB programs in grey system. It is a guidebook for both new learners and professionals of grey prediction models.
Grey Systems Analysis: Methods, Models and Applications (Series on Grey System)
by Sifeng LiuThis open access book is the 2nd edition involving the update on data, methods and models of Grey Systems. It covers up-to-date theoretical and applied advances in grey systems from across the world, and vividly presents the reader with the overall picture of this new theory and its frontier research. Many of the concepts, models and methods in the book are original by the author, including kernel, degree of greyness of grey number, simplified form of grey number, general grey number and the operation system; the axiomatic system of buffer operators and a series of weakening and strengthening buffer operators; a series of grey relational analysis models, including grey absolute, relative, synthetic, similarity, closeness, negative, three dimension, and grey relational analysis model for cross-sequences, etc.; grey fixed weight clustering model, grey evaluation models based on center-point and end-point mixed possibility functions; original difference grey model (ODGM), even difference grey model (EDGM), discrete grey model (DGM), fractional grey models, self-memory grey models; multi-attribute weighted intelligent grey target decision models, kernel weight vector group and the weighted comprehensive clustering coefficient vector, and spectrum analysis of sequence operators, etc. The revision includes: (1) Added new achievements made in recent years, such as the moving average denoise operator, a series of negative grey relational models, grey relational model for cross-sequences, standard uncertainty numbers and their operations, adaptive Grey Prediction Models and so on; (2) Important data related to the development of grey system theory has been updated; (3) Research reviews have been added to each chapter, and a large number of references have been added; (4)Updated application examples of commonly used models and methods. This book will be appropriate as a reference and/or textbook for courses of grey system theory for graduate students or high level undergraduate students, majoring in various fields of natural sciences, social sciences and engineering technology. It can also be utilized by researchers and technicians in research institutions, business entities, and government agencies.
Grey and White Hulls: An International Analysis of the Navy-Coastguard Nexus
by Ian Bowers Swee Lean Collin KohThis book undertakes an in-depth examination of the diversity in international approaches to the navy-coastguard nexus. It considers the evolving global maritime security landscape and the emergence and proliferation of maritime law enforcement agencies—collectively referred to here as “coastguards”—performing peacetime constabulary duties alongside navies. Through a cross-regional study of various countries worldwide, including those in Asia and Europe, this book reveals that there is no one optimal, “one size fits all” organizational structure. Instead, there is a wide array of drivers that influence a nation-state’s maritime security architecture and its organizational approach to managing security at sea, or broadly speaking, securing its national maritime interests.
Grid Parity and Carbon Footprint: An Analysis For Residential Solar Energy In The Mediterranean Area (SpringerBriefs in Energy)
by Ángel Arcos-Vargas Laureleen RiviereThis book analyses the economic and environmental aspects of installing photovoltaic facilities for residential electricity users and determines whether the installation of photovoltaic units “behind the meter” makes sense, and if so, the best economic size to install. It explores the use of photovoltaic capacity to meet electricity requirements by generating enough for immediate use without feeding surplus electricity into the grid and without using storage. The authors illustrate this approach by examining various power photovoltaic capacities in locations such as Marseille, Madrid and Seville, which use hourly demand data provided by smart meters. They also show the possibility of developing energy self-consumption compatible with the operation of the network, making use of information from smart meters. Discussing how photovoltaic facilities are profitable from both an economic and an environmental point of view, this book is a valuable resource for researchers and private investors. It is also of interest to practitioners and academics, as the results presented are of importance for the near future.
Grid Parity: The Art of Financing Renewable Energy Projects in the U.S.
by CLP Beck CEMGrid Parity provides an in-depth examination of the knowledge, insights, and techniques that are essential to success in financing renewable energy projects. An energy project finance expert with 35 years of experience in capital asset financing, the author provides a comprehensive overview of how to finance renewable energy projects in America today. He explores all components of "the deal" including tax, accounting, legal, regulatory, documentation, asset management and legislative drivers to this dynamic growth sector. Filled with case studies, the book provides a thorough examination of what it takes to compete in the green-energy marketplace.
Gridlock
by Pardis MahdaviMahdavi (anthropology, Pomona College) qualitatively explores how Euro-American discourses and policies (forged primarily in Washington D. C. ) about human trafficking and migration affect the lived experiences of migration, forced labor, and trafficking in the United Arab Emirates, arguing that many of the policies ostensibly designed to reduce abuse and rights violations have had precisely the opposite effect. Instead of approaching trafficking as a criminal matter, she suggests, one needs to see it as a matter of migration and labor gone awry and thus as a human rights matter. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)